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KarlonJun 19, 2009with Comments Off on Saguenay Fjord — Deep and Long but not very Tall

I’d heard as a schoolboy that the Saguenay Fjord was one of the longest in the world. Years later someone told me the area around Tadoussac was pretty, sparsely developed and inviting. Given a spare day or two that’s all the reason I need to explore a new place. Plus it would give my kids a chance to see a fjord in North America and an opportunity to do some whale watching. So we made the drive downriver on the north shore of the St. Lawrence, about 3 1/2 hours past Quebec City to Les Escoumins. We chose to stay in Les Escoumins because it offered attractive fairly priced condo rentals situated right on the banks of the St. Lawrence River — a chance to watch the river and …